{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://plaskett.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3734", "CONGRESSWOMAN STACEY E. PLASKETT ANNOUNCES THREE IMPORTANT GRANTS FROM FEMA FOR THE VIRGIN ISLANDS", "2021-01-15", "2021", "2021-01", "Democrat", "House", "VI", "Stacey E. Plaskett", "P000610", "plaskett.house.gov", "plaskett", "https://plaskett.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "For Immediate Release Contact: Michael J. McQuerry\n\nJanuary 15, 2021 202-215-8524\n\nPRESS STATEMENT\n\nCONGRESSWOMAN STACEY E. PLASKETT ANNOUNCES THREE IMPORTANT GRANTS FROM FEMA FOR THE VIRGIN ISLANDS\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett released the following statement regarding three important grants totaling $13.5 million from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources, the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles:\n\n\u201cToday, I am pleased to announce a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that provides funding for three Virgin Islands government agencies. The grant for the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) is for $3,231.954.93 in federal funding. The funds are for permanent repairs to the St. Thomas BMV Main Office Building for damages that happened as a result of Hurricane Maria.\n\n\u201cI am also pleased to announce two other grants from FEMA for the V.I. Department of Planning and Natural Resources. The first grant is for $6,213,969 in federal funding to be used for the purpose of repairing damages caused to the Fort Frederik Museum by Hurricane Maria. The second grant is for $2,902,538.25 in federal funding to be used for the purpose of repairing damages at the Charles W. Turnbull Regional Public Library Building.\n\n\u201cThe final portion of the grant is for $1,192,715.24, awarded to the V.I. Department of Agriculture for permanent work to be done to the Forestry Building on St. Croix.\n\n\u201cThese important grants will benefit the Virgin Islands tremendously in our ongoing rebuilding efforts. The United States government and the international community has an obligation to work with the affected local governments to restore infrastructure and help rebuild our islands.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T22:35:07Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://plaskett.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3734"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.926310196518898, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}